Disturbingly Smart Ape Makes Fire, Toasts Marshmallows

Gabrielle Bluestone · 04/20/14 10:13PM

Primates are growing smarter every day—case in point is this recent Monkey Planet episode about a Bonobo ape that can comfortably build a fire from scratch, flip burgers, and even toast marshmallows.

Blissful Scenes From Denver's First Fully Legal 420

Matt Murphy · 04/20/14 03:45PM

Today marked the first 4/20 since weed has been legal to use and sell recreationally in Denver, Colorado, and by the looks of it, it was exactly the utopia of Mr. Potato Head-shaped bongs, Nutella pancakes, and people with names like "Dina Compassion" that you'd imagine.

Dayna Evans · 04/20/14 02:26PM

Over 42 people have died in a bus accident in the Sindh province of Pakistan in what officials are describing as one of the worst traffic accidents in the country in recent memory. A bus, overloaded with 75 people, crashed head on with a tractor trailer. The driver and several others were killed immediately.

Surgeons Find 12 Gold Bars Inside Man's Stomach

Matt Murphy · 04/20/14 02:10PM

A 63-year-old Indian businessman was having stomach trouble. He told his doctors he'd swallowed a water bottle cap out of anger after arguing with his wife—totally normal thing to do, nothing to see here—and had since been vomiting and having difficulty going to the bathroom.

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter Dies at 76

Matt Murphy · 04/20/14 11:00AM

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the legendary boxer who spent 19 years in prison on murder charges that were later dismissed, died of prostate cancer in his home this morning. He was 76.

Dayna Evans · 04/20/14 08:35AM

On the Royals' current trip to Australia, Prince William participates in the noble act of scrubbing the underside of a giraffe's tongue because Kate Middleton triple-dog-dared him to. Via AP/David Gray